• Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271
• Status as species: Bolton, 2003: 271; Borowiec, 2014: 176; Lebas et al., 2016: 370; Catarineu et al., 2017: 143 (in key).

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax crepuscularis

Citations

• Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370. PDF
• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25 (1-2):1-340. PDF
• Catarineu, C.; Barberá, G. G.; Reyes-López, J. L. 2017. A new ant species, Temnothorax ansei sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the arid environments of south-eastern Spain. Sociobiology 64 (2):138-145. 10.13102/sociobiology.v64i2.1274 PDF
• Lebas, C.; Galkowski, C.; Blatrix, R.; Wegnez, P. 2016. Guide Delachaux: Fourmis d’Europe occidentale. Luçon: Delachaux et Niestlé, 415 pp.
• Tinaut, A. 1995 ("1994"). Nueva especie de Leptothorax (Mayr, 1855) del grupo laurae Emery, 1884 Leptothorax crepuscularis n. sp. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zoologica Baetica 5:89-98. PDF